| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L80485/01 |
| Title: |
PRECISE SPEED HOLDING IN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC DRIVES FORMANUFACTURING PROCESSES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Acarnley, Mr PP |
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| Department: |
Electrical, Electronic & Computer Eng |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 1998 |
Ends: |
30 April 2001 |
Value (£): |
166,667
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Electric Motor & Drive Systems |
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The web production process is used in a wide range of UK industries, including paper- steel- film- and cable-making, and is characterised by the presence of a large number of electric drives, which must be synchronised to operate either at a common and precise speed, or at an exact multiple of the common speed. Speed control is a complex taks, involving a hierarchy of individual drive controllers and an overall system controller, because a distrubance in the speed of any one drive is transmitted, via the web, to all the other drives in the process. It is the purpose of the proposed project to improve the contol of the web production process, so that the speed disturbances, and subsequent product quality variations, are minimised. The overall strategy of the project is to enhance the functionalilty of the frive components so that they become sources of information as well as actuating devices. With the additional information available from the drive componoents and sensors, the sysem controller will be able to monitor, and hance control the process mote effectively. Advanced control strategies ofr the system controller will be investigated so that the disturbances are correctly identified and effectively suppressed.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |